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Name: ____________________________ Period: ______ Wind, Water, Weather and Seasons Test Review Please complete the following review to prepare for your exam over wind and ocean currents, weather, and the Earth-­‐Moon-­‐Sun systems. Your test will be on _____________. The TEKS that will be assessed on this exam include: 8.10A Recognize that the sun provides the energy that drives convection within the atmosphere and oceans, producing winds and ocean currents. 8.10B Identify how global patterns of atmospheric movement influence local weather using weather maps that show high and low pressures and fronts. 8.10C Identify the role of the oceans in the formation of weather systems such as hurricanes. 8.7A Model and illustrate how the tilted Earth rotates on its axis, causing day and night, and revolves around the Sun causing changes in the seasons. Wind in the Atmosphere: Please use your notes on “Wind in the Atmosphere” or pages 424-­‐428 in your Texas Fusion Science textbook to complete the section below. 1. What causes wind? _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Wind blows from an area _________________ pressure to an area of ____________________ pressure. (Hint: Find this on page 424 in the textbook.) 3. Convection Currents in the Atmosphere: a. Define CONVECTION: _______________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ b. Draw it! Make an illustration of convection currents in the atmosphere. Label where warm and cool air can be found in the current. 4. Explain what the Coriolis Effect is and what it does to winds on Earth. ________ _________________________________________________________________________________________
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_________________________________________________________________________________________ 5. Global Winds: a. Complete the data table below: Global Wind Systems Trade Winds Short Definition: Location: Short Definition: Location: Short Definition: Doldrums and Horse Latitudes Short Definition: Location: Location: Polar Easterlies b. Label each of the global winds and the pressure system on the latitudes. Word Bank: Trade Winds Trade Winds Westerlies Westerlies Polar Easterlies Polar Easterlies Doldrums Horse Latitudes Westerlies 6. Draw lines connecting the correct descriptions to WARM AIR or COLD AIR. • MORE DENSE WARM AIR • LESS DENSE • HIGH PRESSURE COLD AIR • LOW PRESSURE • SINKS • RISES Ocean Currents: Please use your QR Code activity on “Wind and Ocean Currents”, your “Color the Currents” left page activity, or pages 438-­‐447 in your Texas Fusion Science textbook to complete the section below. 11. What are ocean currents? ______________________________________________________________ 12. Where do surface currents occur? _____________________________________________________ 13. Match the type of factor that influences surface currents to the best description: • Currents change direction when Continental Deflections they meet continents. • The path of wind causes currents Coriolis Effect to deflect (curve) to the left in the southern hemisphere and to the right in the northern hemisphere. Global Winds • Different types of winds cause currents to be warm or cold and to flow in specific directions.
14. What are deep ocean currents? ________________________________________________________ 15. Where do deep ocean currents occur? _________________________________________________ 16. How does density influence deep ocean currents? __________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ 17. Illustrate how convection currents cause water to rise and sink in the ocean. *Label where 1) warm water is being carried by surface currents and 2) where cold water becomes dense and sinks. Land Breeze/Sea Breeze: Please use your notes on “Land Breeze, Sea Breeze” or pages 430-­‐431 in your Texas Fusion Science textbook to complete the section below. 18. During the day, air becomes WARMER/COOLER (circle one) above land compared to air above water. 19. Draw a sea breeze and land breeze in the table below. Sea Breeze Land Breeze Picture: Picture: Weather Instruments and Maps: Please use your notes on “Reading a Weather Map” your “Weather Instruments” left page activity, or pages 470-­‐479 in your Texas Fusion Science textbook to complete the section below. 20. Fill out the data table below for the types of weather instruments. Weather Instruments Anemometer Barometer Psychrometer Thermometer Description: Description: Description: Description: 21. Use the map below to answer the following questions. a. What weather is happening in Dallas according to the map? _______________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ b. How is the weather in Dallas different from weather in the Seattle? _______ ____________________________________________________________________________________ c. Which two cities are experiencing a cold front? ______________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ d. Both the East coast and West coast are experiencing a warm front. What type of precipitation are they also experiencing? _____________________________ e. How is the weather in the two areas on the map marked an H for High pressure similar? _______________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ f. What will the weather be like in Florida in a day or two? ___________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ Severe Weather and Weather Systems: Please use pages 452-­‐461 in your Texas Fusion Science textbook to complete the data table below. 22. What type of wind supplies the energy that drives thunderstorms and tornadoes? ______________________________________________________________________________ 23. Use page 455 to match the types of weather with the descriptions below. Drought/Deserts • Cold, Denser, Sinking Air with High Pressure Tropical Storms/Rainfall • Warm, Less Dense, Rising Air with Low Pressure 24. Use pages 460-­‐461 to complete the data table below on El Nino and La Nina. El Nino La Nina Picture: Picture: Effects: Effects: 25. Use page 458 to fill in the blanks and answer the questions describing the relationship between hurricanes, the ocean and the Sun. a. _____________________ play an important role in the formation of tropical ________________________ and ______________________________________ because _______________________ can be transferred from the ___________________ to the ________________________________. b. ______________________ energy causes water at the ocean _____________________ to _____________________________. c. Energy that is _____________________________ when this water _______________ condenses is the driving _____________________ of a _____________________________. d. What is the most important factor in the formation of tropical storms and hurricanes? ______________________________________________________________________ e. What happens to hurricanes when they encounter warm water? __________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ f. What happens to hurricanes when they encounter land? ___________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ Earth Rotation and Revolution: Use your notes on “Rotation and Revolution” and “Seasons” as well as pages 226-­‐233 in the Texas Fusion Science textbook to complete the sections below. 26. Create flashcards for the following terms: • Rotation • Axis • Solstice • Revolution • 23.5° tilt • Equinox
27. What causes day and night? ____________________________________________________________ 28. How long is one full rotation? __________________________________________________________ 29. Why do different latitudes of Earth experience different hours of daylight throughout the year? ____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ 30. How does the tilt of the Earth affect the hours of sunlight? __________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ 31. How does direct vs. indirect sunlight affect hours of sunlight? ______________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ 32. What causes seasons? ___________________________________________________________________ 33. How long does it take for Earth to revolve one time around the Sun? ______________ 34. What is the shape of our orbit around the Sun? ______________________________________ 35. Explain the difference in seasons between the Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere. __________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ 36. Complete the table below for the seasons. Seasons and Earth’s Movement Season Summer Winter Spring Fall Time of Year in Northern Hemisphere Time of Year in Southern Hemisphere Solstice or Equinox? 37. Label the seasons BOTH the northern hemisphere and southern hemisphere. Word Bank: Fall Fall Spring Spring Summer Summer Winter Winter